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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dotterel \Dot"ter*el\, a. [Cf. {Dottard}.] Decayed. ``Some old dotterel trees.'' [Obs.] --Ascham. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dotterel \Dot"ter*el\, n. [From {Dote}, v. i.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) A European bird of the Plover family ({Eudromias, or Charadrius, morinellus}). It is tame and easily taken and is popularly believed to imitate the movements of the fowler. In catching of dotterels we see how the foolish bird playeth the ape in gestures. -- Bacon. Note: The ringed dotterel (or ring plover) is {Charadrius hiaticula}. 2. A silly fellow; a dupe; a gull. --Barrow. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: dotterel n : rare plover of upland areas of Eurasia [syn: {dotrel}, {Charadrius morinellus}, {Eudromias morinellus}]
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